As a statement from the congressman’s office details, Trump’s alleged constitutional violations are:
- Obstruction of Justice and Abuse of Executive Power: Including denial of due process, unlawful deportations, defiance of court orders, and misuse of the Department of Justice.
- Usurpation of Appropriations Power: For dismantling congressionally established agencies and impounding federal funds.
- Abuse of Trade Powers and International Aggression: Including imposing economically damaging tariffs and threatening military invasion against sovereign nations.
- Violation of First Amendment Rights: Through retaliatory actions against critics, media, and attorneys exercising constitutionally protected speech.
- Creation of an Unlawful Office: By establishing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and unlawfully empowering Elon Musk to unilaterally violate the Constitution.
- Bribery and Corruption: Involving dismissing criminal cases, soliciting foreign emoluments, and extortionate settlements for personal and political gain.
- Tyrannical Overreach: Seeking to consolidate unchecked power, erode civil liberties, and defy constitutional limits on presidential authority.
FUCKING FINALLY
He’s grandstanding because he’s got two progressive challengers who are actually left.
This won’t go anywhere
You’re right. It probably won’t go anywhere, but we have to fight.
Maybe won’t, but the effects of tariffs didn’t hit ordinary people yet. Reports say that it will take about 3 weeks.
All those deep red dollar general towns…hahahaha eat your cake
we have to fight
House reps should have been doing this practically day one, given all the corruption wafting off this administration. I’m glad Congressman Thanedar pulled the trigger at last. I’m sad it’ll be snuffed out long before it matters to anyone, but thrilled to see someone in the Democratic Party seems serious about making noise.
That said “we” isn’t you, me, and U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar. And this isn’t materially affecting the Trump Admin’s ability to wield unchecked executive power. This is a token act of resistance. All we can really use it for is a litmus test from within the Dem Party, to gauge who is seriously in opposition to Trump and who is treading water until the next election cycle.
As congressional action, its paper thin. As popular action it isn’t anything at all.
They should be doing it literally every day. Tying up congress with impeachment gets the no voters on record for being traitors, and meanwhile they can’t pass anything else
Its a little hard to do it on day one. Need to give a few weeks to build up the counts.
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Al Green from Texas introduced articles of impeachment months ago.
I wish this would amount to something more than a meme, but that’s none of my business
Yes, on all that.
But since the orange cancer has infected the s-court, senate, and house, you aren’t going to get anywhere. The dumb clowns aren’t going to arrest themselves.
Oh and the police.
Alleged violations? Welp, too little too late, it’s Martial Law time. Just a reminder to armed forces who are obeying criminal orders from criminal people, made criminal by ignoring the u.s. constitution. Doing so is aiding and abetting the threat to the constitution. Allieving those who do not follow the constitution of any perceived authority.
That will only help the cause. I know these doomscrollers really want Daddy Trump to end democracy so they can be right, but most of the people in reality would lose their shit and actually do something if he called for Martial law. You’ll say it’s a different situation, but look what happened in South Korea just recently.
People would rather have a job than morals. The unknown of their next job is more frightening than doing the wrong thing, the things they do for perceived stability.
That’s nice
This will never even be voted on. Democrats do performative acts like this when there is no chance of it going anywhere. Why didn’t they codify Roe v Wade during Biden’s first two years when they controlled the house and the senate? Why didn’t they lock Trump up the day after Biden took office? Because they are a single party and their opposition to the GOP is all theater.
For 100 days, I’ve been sitting here while people say, “Why don’t the Democrats do something?” and then one does something and people immediately proclaim that it isn’t enough. What exactly do you want done and how?
“Doing something” implies a perceivable desired outcome. “Do anything” is a bar so low I’m surprised it is being defended.
You forgot to answer my question. What exactly do you want done and how?
I want Trump tried and executed for treason.
Go ahead and walk me through the steps towards that goal.
Sure, here is a way forward:
- Recall all democratic congressmen where state laws permit it, and replace them with those who are poised to act.
- primary the rest to set the stage in ‘26
- impeach, and dig into the myriad financial crimes and ties to Russian money this time.
- convict
This is the proper democratic means, if that even matters anymore.
I think a far more effective method would be several million of us marching on the capitol in DC. Trump obviously senses this threat is drawing nearer, which is why he has given bondi and hegseth powers to stage the military against civilians in partnership with the police. In this scenario I believe it will be over for the Trump regime, whether or not the military decides to act on these unconstitutional orders.
…and how? How do you want that accomplished?
Impeachment is literally how that occurs…
Hmm… why is he only filing them now? Could it possibly be because a candidate backed by David Hogg recently announced they were going to run against him in the primary, and so now he’s scrambling to do something to not look completely worthless? Sorry, you don’t get brownie points for putting on a performance to save your job.
What exactly do you want done and how?
I want him, and most of the DNC, to step down and be replaced by actual progressives instead of out of touch elites who have shown their incompetence far too many times
What do I want done… What a freaking question. It’s like if someone crashed into your car and sent you to the hospital and they ask “well what do you want me to do about it?”. We are way past the point of them being able to fix it.
That’s even more idiotic an idea than what they’ve been doing. If they all step down, there’s a power vacuum for the length of time it would take to initiate new elections, which this fascist regime would be more than happy to fill, and prevent those elections from ever occurring
When they had control they did nothing. Now that there is no chance the speaker of the house will even entertain a vote on an impeachment they introduce the letters of impeachment. They just voted, every last Democrat, 409 - 2 to let Trump censor anything he doesn’t like from the internet. The Take It Down Act claims to be about stopping revenge porn and deep fake porn but it also lets Trump and wealthy corporations erase whatever they don’t like. They all voted for it. What I want Dems to do is just be honest and openly join the Republican party. Stop pretending to be a separate party. Why would Trump support anything that prevents sexual exploitation of women and children, that’s his favorite hobby.
Y’all are down voting the person speaking truth. 🤷♂️
They just voted, every last Democrat, 409 - 2 to let Trump censor anything he doesn’t like from the internet.
Yes because it’s easier to accept a weak and flawed bill and fight to have it struck down as overboard and unconstitutionally vague (which btw is already in progress) rather then fight and end up with a stronger more easily abused but harder to strike down bill.
That said why are you crying about this move in particular?
You know there are ways around the speaker of the house being inept a. Removal of the speaker quick is simple majority or b. Delivery in person and a motion to bring it under house rules.
Moreover there is only common practice involved in impeachment not bright line regulation or law and the section that allows impeachment allows the house to set it’s own rules as they relate to impeachment in which case the house rules are created by the house in total not just by the speaker.
TBH I don’t think this is getting struck down in this Senate with it’s current makeup of 2 Independents, 53 Republicans and 45 Democrats.
I don’t think it’s gonna get hot either way. They ignore it and they tell everyone they’ve done something wrong, why do that when you can do a sham investigation and declare dear leader has done nothing wrong.
